0:00:02 > 0:00:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Oh, hello!
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I'm Kacey.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15I was just trying to spot a bird.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19But not just any bird. A swallow!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Have you ever seen a swallow?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25They have...blue backs,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27a red neck,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30and a beautiful tail.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33I know a story about a swallow, and his friend Chack.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36It's called Follow the Swallow.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Chack the Blackbird was learning to fly.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44So was Apollo the Swallow.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45That was how they met.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48"Hello, I'm Apollo the Swallow."
0:00:48 > 0:00:51"What do you swallow?" asked Chack.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54"Flies, mostly," said Apollo.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56"Who are you?"
0:00:56 > 0:00:59"I'm Chack. I'm a blackbird."
0:00:59 > 0:01:02"You look brown to me!" said Apollo.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08"I may be brown now, but one day, I'll be black," said Chack.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14"I don't believe you!" said Apollo. Apollo showed Chack his nest.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19It was inside the garden shed. "I won't always live here," he said.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22"One day, I'll fly away to Africa."
0:01:22 > 0:01:25"I don't believe you," said Chack.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Chack showed Apollo his nest.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30It was covered in a white blossom.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35"One day the tree will be covered in tasty orange berries," said Chack.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39"I don't believe you!" said Apollo.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43The days grew longer and warmer.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The white blossom fell off Chack's tree,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and some little green berries appeared.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53"They'll be orange one day," he told Apollo.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56"I don't believe you!" said Apollo.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Slowly, the berries on the tree grew bigger, and changed colour
0:02:01 > 0:02:07from green...to yellow... and at last, to orange.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10"Now Apollo will believe me!" said Chack.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15He flew to the shed to tell his friend about the orange berries.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17"Come to the tree!"
0:02:17 > 0:02:19But Apollo had gone!
0:02:19 > 0:02:23He and the other swallows had just set off for Africa.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Chack flew after the swallows. He flew until he reached the sea.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31There he met a jumpy dolphin.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34"Can you take a message to Apollo the Swallow,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37"from Chack the Blackbird? He's on his way to Africa."
0:02:37 > 0:02:41"Oooh! What's the message?" asked the dolphin.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43"Come to the tree!" said Chack.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48And he flew back to eat some of the tasty orange berries.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52The jumpy dolphin swam and leapt and dived.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It took him a long time to reach Africa.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58There, the dolphin met a grumpy camel.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03"Can you take a message to Apollo the Swallow, from Chack the Blackbird?"
0:03:03 > 0:03:06"What's the message?"
0:03:06 > 0:03:08"Uh...
0:03:08 > 0:03:11"Jump in the sea!" said the dolphin.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16The grumpy camel trudged slowly across the desert
0:03:16 > 0:03:19until he reached a wide river.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22There, he met a greedy crocodile.
0:03:22 > 0:03:29"Can you take a message to Apollo the Swallow, from Chack the Blackbird?"
0:03:29 > 0:03:32"What's the message?" asked the crocodile.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34"Uh...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38"Grumpy, like me."
0:03:38 > 0:03:40The greedy crocodile took his time
0:03:40 > 0:03:44swimming and snapping his way down the river
0:03:44 > 0:03:48until he came to a forest. There he met a playful monkey.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53"Can you take a message to Apollo the Swallow, from Chack the Blackbird?"
0:03:53 > 0:03:55"What's the message?"
0:03:55 > 0:04:00"Uh...a monkey, for tea!" said the crocodile.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04The playful monkey swung from branch to branch
0:04:04 > 0:04:06until he came to a fig tree.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09On the ground lay a lot of rotten figs.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Feeding on the figs were a lot of fruit flies,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17and snapping at the fruit flies were a lot of swallows!
0:04:17 > 0:04:21"I've got a message for Apollo the Swallow!" said the monkey.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24"That's me!" said one of the swallows.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28"It's from Chack the Blackbird, and the message is...uh...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30"Uh...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33"One, two, three, wheeeeee!"
0:04:33 > 0:04:38"One, two, three, wheeee? That's a funny message!"
0:04:38 > 0:04:41"Well, I've been in Africa for half a year now,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44"it's time for me to fly back to the garden,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46"I can find out what Chack means."
0:04:46 > 0:04:52Apollo and the other swallows flew back until they reached the garden.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Apollo flew to Chack's tree.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It was covered in white blossom.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00A big blackbird flew down from the tree.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04"I'm looking for my friend Chack," said Apollo.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06"That's me!" said the blackbird.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12"I don't believe you," said Apollo, "you're black and Chack was brown!"
0:05:12 > 0:05:15"I'm Chack, sure as eggs are eggs!" said Chack.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19"Talking of eggs, I've got something to show you!"
0:05:19 > 0:05:23"So the message wasn't, 'One, two, three, wheee!'
0:05:23 > 0:05:25"It was, 'One, two, three eggs!'" he said.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28"But the message wasn't about the eggs,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30"it was about the berries!" said Chack.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34"I ate lots of them. The rest fell off the tree in winter,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37"but in the spring there were some new buds.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39"Now the white blossom is back,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42"and in the autumn there'll be some more orange berries!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45"You must believe me, Apollo!"
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Apollo thought hard.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51"All right then, I believe you!" he said.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55And that was the story called Follow The Swallow.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Wow! Imagine flying all the way to Africa,
0:06:00 > 0:06:01and then back again!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I wonder if they had to stop to sleep.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Maybe I can spot some swallows sleeping in the garden!
0:06:08 > 0:06:13While I look, it's time for you to head to bed,
0:06:13 > 0:06:14and go to sleep.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I'll see you very soon for another story.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Night-night!
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